"Avengers" Up to $218 Mil Before Friday US, 20 More Foreign Openings

Tue, 05/01/2012 - 23:45 EDT - Forbes.com - Top Stories

Marvel?s ?The Avengers,? from Disney, hit $218 million worldwide by Sunday. That?s $218 million before its US, China, and Russia openings on Friday. I told you last week that some studios had turned to foreign release schedules preceding the American release in order to beat bad press. ?The Avengers? has pretty good reviews, actually, so ...

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